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So Susan, I wanted to talk to you because of everyone I know, I feel like you are the

most prepared for the decision about abortion that just came out of the Supreme Court.

Do you feel prepared?

I know I feel like I thought I would know how to feel and right now I feel a little bit blank

still, but I do feel prepared to talk about it.

So that's good.

Susan Matthews is the host of the current season of Slate's podcast Slow Burn.

It's all about Roe v Wade, basically the prequel to the moment we're all living through right

now.

I'm sitting in the same studio that I sat in to record so much of this show and I got

pretty emotional when I walked into this room.

Susan says it's a little hard to say what the emotion she's feeling is.

They're shocked and anger, but also if she's being honest, a bit of relief.

She has covered the court for years now, has watched as the conservative justice's slow

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